Intro cath dialysis circuit at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,448.25

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,926.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.80 with First Health vs $13,688.00 with Blue Shield CA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.80 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.92 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $296.94 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $296.94 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $518.24 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $518.24 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $518.24 ↓ -64%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $518.24 ↓ -64%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $518.24 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $518.24 ↓ -64%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $707.00 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $848.40 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,187.76 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $1,187.76 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,258.46 ↓ -13%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,272.60 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,280.05 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $1,414.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↑ +52%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,204.02 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,155.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,155.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,155.00 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +315%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,038.00 ↑ +317%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,897.00 ↑ +376%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,457.00 ↑ +622%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13,688.00 ↑ +845%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $2,074.65 – $2,074.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $762.56 $470.07 – $3,482.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,842.54 $518.24 – $1,435.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,546.84 $387.45 – $1,435.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,890.25 $518.24 – $2,445.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,869.87 $518.24 – $2,415.03
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,628.03 $2,235.08 – $16,692.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,587.63 $2,024.63 – $17,420.00

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